comic

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "of comedy in the dramatic sense," from Latin comicus "of comedy, represented in comedy, in comic style," from Greek komikos "of or pertaining to comedy," from komos (see comedy). Meaning "intentionally funny" first recorded 1791, and comedic (1630s) has since picked up the older sense of the word.

Something that is comic has comedy as its aim or origin; something is comical if the effect is comedy, whether intended or not.

Example Sentences for comic

Aside to audience in comic despair, with appropriate gesture.

It is a pity that the comic chorus had disappeared, or the picture were complete.

Serse, it must be explained, is a comic opera, and the only comic opera that Handel ever wrote.

Of course, there'd have to be a comic part for me, too, but you needn't worry much about that.

You couldn't sing a comic song on the pony's ...

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